Branching of the Ways

Time scale: Just before mobile phones came into general use. Husband leaves wife and children, who, unable to afford life in the city move to the country for peace and quiet and to build a new life away from unhappy memories. Catherine Blackwoods daughter, 12year old Susie, is attacked and raped whilst playing truant. The story covers Susies hospitalization and recovery from her injuries and her abduction whilst on holiday in Blackpool with her grandparents. The arrest of an innocent man, who has met Catherine, Susie and her twin brothers at the hospital whilst visiting his sick wife and finally the apprehension of the guilty party and the return to normal existence and happiness of the people whose lives have been disrupted.